Sloppy passing, lack of rebounding and inconsistent shooting dug Bishop Kearney a 17-point halftime deficit Sunday. The Tigers battled to get back into the game after the break, but hot-shooting and aggressive Long Island Lutheran pulled away for a 67-47 win at the Francis Lewis HoopsQueens Winter Ball in Fresh Meadows.

“We don’t value the ball and that kills us,” Sellitto said. “We are getting outhustled too many games so far. We are totally underachieving at this point. That’s partly my fault. I take blame for that also.”

The Tigers trailed 38-21 at the half as Lutheran moved the ball effectively for open shots and won the battle in the paint. Retas and Cathy Wesolowski’s energy off the bench brought Kearney back in the third with a 9-2 run late. It was capped by Raccuglia feeding a cutting Retas to cut the LuHi lead to 47-36 with 40 second left in the period. LuHi would score the next five points, including a Brozoksi 3-pointer with five seconds remaining, to make it 52-36.

“That was the spark,” Sellitto said of Wesolowski’s effort on the boards. “We need to get that from the girls that start the game.”

St. Anthony’s (L.I.) 58, John F. Kennedy 38: Joya McFarland had 17 points and Shaquaya Daniels had nine points for Kennedy (6-5), which was playing its fourth tough game in seven days, at Francis Lewis. Kellin Maurer had 15 points, Symone Kelly had 12 points, Lauren Williams had nine points and Micki Impellizeri had eight points and 11 rebounds for St. Anthony’s (5-1), which is arguably the best team on Long Island.

Spellman 58, Notre Dame Academy 40: Troi Melton scored 15 of her 23 points in the second half grabbed six rebounds and collected four steals for Spellman (5-2) in non-league. Amber Griffin had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Joye Tirado and Laura McCaffrey each had eight points. Onia Webb added five points and eight boards. The Pilots trailed by as many as 13 in the first half after a slow start, but led 35-30 going into the fourth. Ashley Iannacone tallied eight of her 14 points in the final quarter and Sam LaForgia added 14 of her own for Notre Dame Academy (2-2).